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For those who may have forgotten the Vertex 2 resumed working in normal usage but was not able to continue with Endurance testing.
The Vertex 3 is still throttled but testers are hopeful it will return to proper working after an extended idle time. Maybe!

This is NOT indicative of normal use such as we use them for our OS. This drive was exposed to a "hammered state" of continuous endurance writing at maximum write speeds.

Every individual electronic device has a different lifespan, then the effect of it's environment, clean power, humidity, static electricity, temperature, etc. has an influence. Then there is the physical components, nand quality, controller software and hardware, connections, cables, etc.

From what I have been reading, considering the above, I would expect the lifespan to be 500TB to +1PB.
On average, SSDs should be able to last closer to the 1PB range.
This is a test with random components, it may or may not be the average, you would have to test with hundreds of identical units to get an average. Only the manufacturers have this information and they will not likely make it public.

The drive "mechanics" would probably last for 100 years except for a few capacitors. It's the NAND memory that gives out. The same failure occurs in USB flash drives. The memory looses it's ability to retain a charge. Sort of like a rechargeable battery.

Show us your SSD performance

Show us your hard drive performanceI thought it would be interesting to compare everyones hard drive performances with screenshots from HD Tune utility (get from HD Tune). Maybe after some time we could produce a results table.
So heres mine:
Im going to show you the single WD Raptor X results first for interest:
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Show us your Mechanical HDD performance...Since the SSD boys and girls have a "Show us your SSD Performance" thread, I thought I'd start one for us mechanical HDD owners.
Simply DL, install, and run HD Tune and post screenshots of results here in this thread. Please also tell us the Make and Model of your HDD(s) and any other specs you...

Hardware & Devices

show hidden folders show file extensions thru registryI am trying to setup a default user or machine setup for how win7 handles folder view options. I want show hidden folders to be set to on for all users and the hide extensions for know file types to be unchecked or turned off ffor all users (so extensions show)
I have located them in the registry...